#Ted Talks

[voiider]

*New York accent* I'm boopin' here!!!

[cannedpeachess]

No because the way I get so VISCERALLY angry when someone refers to an animal as albino when they’re actually leucistic, erythristic, or xanthochromatic is both deeply irrational and greatly unhealthy

ALBINISM

Total loss of melanin in the body, i.e. skin, hair/fur/feathers, and eyes (the eyes look pink/red because the lack of melanin in the eye exposes the blood vessels within it to light, which then reflects their red hue)

LEUCISM

Partial loss of melanin in the body; the pattern of melanin distribution is unique in each case, so some people or animals with this condition may have patches of typically-colored skin/hair/fur in addition to pigmented eyes, while others may only have the aforementioned ocular pigmentation

ERYTHRISM

Abnormal prevalence of reddish pigment in the skin/hair/fur/feathers of an animal; concentration of this pigment varies case by case, so humans/animals with the condition can present anywhere from only slightly pink to intensely red in color; to my knowledge, the condition does not affect the eyes

XANTHOCHROMISM

Abnormal prevalence of yellow pigment in the skin/hair/fur/feathers of an animal; similar to erythrism, color intensity can vary from light golden hues to deep yellows; again, to my knowledge, the condition does not affect the eyes

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

[heavensgateiowa]

tim drake having an ‘idk man i just work here’ approach to being a member of the wayne family is my fave joke. like everyone else has a dramatic story of trying to belong and tim is like ‘i brought in my resume unprompted and got hired on the spot’

[femmefatalevibe]

Femme Fatale Guide: Game-Changing TED Talks Everyone Should Watch

"How Five Simple Words Can Get You What You Want" by Janine Driver

"Master your Mindset, Overcome Self-Deception, Change your Life" by  Shadé Zahrai

"How to talk to the worst parts of yourself" by Karen Faith

"Think before you speak, hacking the secret of communication" by Catherine Molloy

"The Hidden Code For Transforming Dreams Into Reality" by Mary Morrissey

"Don't Believe Everything You Think" by Lauren Weinstein

"The public speaking lesson you never had" by DK

"Programming your mind for success" by Carrie Green

"How to stop screwing yourself over" by Mel Robbins

"Own Your Behaviours, Master Your Communication, Determine Your Success" by Louise Evans

"The psychology of seduction" by Raj Persaud

"Why we're unhappy -- the expectation gap" by Nat Ware

"Think Fast. Talk Smart" by Matt Abrahams 

"Increase your self-awareness with one simple fix' by Tasha Eurich 

"5 steps to designing the life you want" by Bill Burnett

"Staying stuck or moving forward" by Dr. Lani Nelson Zlupko

"To reach beyond your limits by training your mind" by Marisa Peer

"Emotional laws are the answer for better relationships" by Diana Wais

"Feelings: Handle them before they handle you" by Mandy Saligari

"Cultivating Unconditional Self-Worth" by Adia Gooden 

[callixton]

can someone PLEASE tell me what drug they put in the west wing bc i literally feel completely unique emotions when watching & thinking abt that show. how did they make it that good.

[resident-idiot-simp]

Listen I stand by Laura being scarier then Logan. Because Deadpool even says she's meaner and without the centuries of learning how to control the instincts?

She is quicker to lash out and less weary of how she attacks. Logan might stabbed to incapacitate but there is no promise she won't stab to kill just on instinct alone.

Now that isn't to say she's more dangerous because she's not. She's dangerous extremely dangerous, but not the level of Logan. He has too much experience on how to be a killing machine.

So what I'm saying is Laura is scarier to run across, but being hunted down you'd be worse off with Logan.

If you wonder where Deadpool is in my ranking he is between them.

He is the scariest to run across just because of how manic he is. He however won't do things on a whimsy even if you don't know that.

Everything he does is meticulous which makes him less prone to instinct driven outbursts. He however is not quite to Logan's level of just plain machine

All to say no one wants to run across any of them much less all of them.

Anyways thank you for coming to my TED talk

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[makesomenoise]

Today's TED Talk: let's talk about the divorce

[eliwatchesf1alot]

so I was a part of a tedx event.....

guess what my topic was

SEBASTIAN VETTEL MY BELOVED

yeah so I yapped about f1 for a whole 10 minutes and people had to listen!!

And I played the iconic through goes Hamilton clip at the beginning

[mygirlfriend-themoon]

When did slavery actually end in the United States? - TED Ed || [x]

[voiider]

Okay alright I'm tired of giving more children to Bruce Wayne I think we need to start taking some away 

Tim getting kidnapped (but in a way they don't announce Tim Drake-Wayne as missing??) and is given Something that induces amnesia but he escapes or maybe just literally wanders away but like he's in the middle of Ohio and he's walking down the road unsure of his own name or where he is and a weird looking camper pills over and a large man leans out the window and says “you doing alright there, sonny?” 

And he doesn't really know so he sorta shrugs so they pick him up and the man introduces himself as Jack and this is his wife Maddie and their two kids Danny and Jazz and they're just heading back from a camping trip and they can take him into town (Amity?) and take him down to the station and help him get things figured out 

The police take his picture and upload it to a “found” database or smth but there's no active or recent cases in Ohio for missing persons (or teenagers) matching his description 

(But also, Amity is pretty disconnected from the rest of the world digitally. They mind their business. Sure they run this boy's face in the newspaper and let the neighboring precincts about him but there's not much more they can do until this kid gets some memories back)

So he goes to stay with Jack and Maddie (idk how i don’t care about LAWS) while they wait to see if they get any hits or until he gets some memories back and they register him under Alvin (“hmm maybe... Tom? No, definitely not. Caroline? Alvin? That sounds the best I guess”) Fenton at the local high school so he can keep getting an education (and Alvin isn’t sure why, but this sort of feels like a waste of time, he already knows all this math stuff and why would he want to read Of Mice and Men he’s pretty sure someone told him John Steinbeck was a hack. Or maybe not. He can’t remember) but it’s simple enough and he likes the Fentons even if they keep trying to convince him ghosts are real 

And maybe they are. Actually. Real that is. He saw one the other day and had to double check if knowing ghosts were real is a common knowledge thing that he forgot of if he never knew in the first place. Jazz tells him that ghosts are pretty much an Amity specific thing but that they appear other places and then Jack and Maddie set him down and give him the entire history of ghosts that night and then show him their lab which is pretty cool

And maybe he accidentally suplexed someone who startled him in the halls on his first day and also fell asleep in science,but give him a break! he’s going through a lot right now

But his new brother roommate friend? Is helping him adjust at school by telling him who to avoid and what not to eat from the cafeteria and Jazz is in most of his classes but also he’s not sure why they’re trying to act all sneaky about this Inviso-Bill/vigilante situation because like. That’s clearly just Danny with white hair? He looks the exact same? Also he literally saw Danny walk through the bathroom door last week if it wasn’t obvious enough.

So Tim really isn’t expecting Danny to be surprised that he picked up a thermos that Phantom dropped when he and his friends ran off to fight another ghost

[askmovieslate]

The doors are shut, there's no way you can escape.

So, ok.

Point number one: You can't take Godzilla down using missiles, in no way, shape or form can he be defeated with just missiles. It's moronic and idiotic.

Point number two: Do you have any idea how idiotic it is to have so many helicopters fly around Manhattan? The buffeting and centrifuge forces alone will cause most of those helicopters to crash onto each other.

Point number three: The characters are deeply annoying and unlikeable. At least give me someone to root for that's not Godzilla.

Point number four:-

Jamesy: No. Nope. Stop that.

Movie: Wait, what? Why!?

Jamesy: This isn't YouTube, Movie. You can't make a three hour long rant disguised an an essay just because you feel like it.

Movie: Did you know Roland Emmerich wants to remake Stargate?

Jamesy:...go on, I'll give you a hand with the editing.

Movie: Thank you. Point number four...

[heavensgateiowa]

nico di angelo being accused of homophobia is one of the funniest things ive ever read with my own two eyes

[a-father-of-light]

I've always found Pee Peerawich attractive, but there's something about him as Hope.

Is it because they changed his hair?

Is it the costuming? Those black suits are doing a lot for him.

Or is it because he's playing a morally questionable character, which is such a contrast to his last role in La Pluie? Talent is attractive, and watching him act, and seeing his range is so impressive.

That deranged smile...

It was at this point that I couldn't pretend not to notice how sexy he got.

I'm soooooooooooo invested in Hope as a character. I want all the mess.

Give me the violent, deranged debt collector with a soft spot for his boyfriend.

Sidenote: I didn't know Pee would have a romantic partner in the show. So the joy I feel!

Sidenote sidenote: I'm questioning the age gap between Hope and Save though... Isn't Save in high school? How old is Hope supposed to be?

Sidenote sidenote sidenote: It's kind of insane how Hope has some kind of chemistry with everyone at this point. He could kiss Jack, Tattoo or Aran, and I'd be down to watch.

Thanks for listening to my Ted Talk.

[callixton]

taskmaster comment section abt alex & greg’s relationship….. girl

[lovely-cherubs]

Am I the only one who thinks that a good portion of the murder drones fandom lacks media literacy? Like some of these takes and opinions seriously make my head hurt. From people saying things like "N is obsessed with Uzi and vice versa" to "N had no character development" and even "Uzi ruined N's character", I'm seriously starting to believe that either people didn't actually watch the show or they watched something completely different.